Birkeland Church (Norwegian: Birkeland kirke or Nesttun kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the Nesttun neighborhood of Fana in the city of Bergen. It is the church for the Birkeland parish which is part of the Fana prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, stone church was built in a long church style in 1878 using designs by the architect Giovanni Jacob Harbitz Müller. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2] The church has a unique tower with an octagonal copper-clad steeple.
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^"Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
BirkelandChurch (Norwegian: Birkeland kirke or Nesttun kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Bergen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway...
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builder was Ole Vangberg. The new church was consecrated on 23 August 1877 by Bishop Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland. There was an extensive renovation...
observed at lower latitudes. Bright auroras are generally associated with Birkeland currents (Schield et al., 1969; Zmuda and Armstrong, 1973), which flow...
Anton Bjerknes, Christopher Hansteen, William Zachariasen and Kristian Birkeland, the neuroscientists May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser, and the chemists...
student, Oddernes Diocese of Bjorgvin Priest: Ivar Braut, pastor, Birkeland Children's Church staff: Tone Synnøve Øygard Steinkopf, cantor, Vaksdal Bishop:...
Graah Birkeland. After the new church was in use, the old church was torn down and the materials sold off in 1873. On 16 April 1926, the church at Vikebygd...
Hersleb Graah Birkeland. At the same time, a new Hyen parish was established. Around the year 1900, a wooden stove was installed at the church to provide...
by the Bishop Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland. The old Valen Church was then rebuilt as a schoolhouse. List of churches in Bjørgvin "Valestrand kyrkje"....
December 1866 by Bishop Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland. The church interior has a Swiss chalet style. List of churches in Bjørgvin "Feios kyrkje". Kirkesøk:...
1876-1877: Adolf Birkeland 1878-1879: Thorvald Rynning 1880-1881: Adolf Birkeland 1882-1882: Anders Bøe 1883-1883: Adolf Birkeland 1884-1885: Christen...
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church. After its completion, the old church was torn down. The new church was consecrated on 31 May 1876 by the Bishop Peter Hersleb Graah Birkeland...
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